March 18, 2020
The San Diego Dining Group (Greystone, Osetra, Osteria Panevino, Butcher's Cut & Salwater) and Farmer’s Table Little Italy have transitioned their restaurants into nonprofit community kitchens so they can feed people on the front lines of the effort to contain the growing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Since the initial publishing of this list on March 17, the post has been a work in progress, updated almost hourly, aimed at informing the San Diego community at-large where they can go for food and other necessities during a tumultuous and historic time. Being that San Diego restaurants have now been allowed to reopen for dine-in, so long as strict social distancing and safety protocols are implemented, we have adapted once again to include restaurants open for dine-in, as well as those continuing to solely offer take-out and delivery options.
After California Governor Gavin Newsom called for the closure of all bars, nightclubs, brew pubs and wineries just yesterday, San Diego today dictated new precautionary measures to battle the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak at a press conference this afternoon, including mandating the closure of all bars, theaters, schools, and non-essential public gathering spaces, as well as limiting restaurants to only take-out and delivery. The order is in effect until March 31 at the earliest at which point it may be renewed for a longer period.
Seemingly unrelated to the growing coronavirus pandemic, Culture Brewing Company has announced it will permanently closing its 5-year-old Ocean Beach tasting room next month.
At a news conference today, California Governor Gavin Newsom and California health officials have called for the home isolation of all seniors in the state and asked for the immediate shutdown of bars, nightclubs, brew pubs and wineries to help stop the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus, now considered a global pandemic.
San Diego Magazine recently released an article entitled "How to Help Restaurant People Survive COVID-19". I believe it contains misinformation and is irresponsible. Here is why.
San Diego celebrity chef Brian Malarkey announced today that they are temporarily closing all their restaurants in reaction to the rapidly spreading CoronaVirus (COVID-19).
Due to fears caused by the CoronaVirus pandemic, San Diego's farm-to-table Supannee House of Thai in Point Loma has announced it will no longer be accepting dine-in patrons for the foreseeable future and limiting its operations exclusively to take out and delivery.
More than 50 restaurants have already shuttered in Seattle amid the continued Coronavirus hysteria and we fear San Diego may follow suit. The first area restaurant to announce its impending closure due to growing COVID-19 precautions is the Gaslamp Quarter's Donovan's Steak & Chophouse.
The owner of such area concepts as Harry's Coffee Shop in La Jolla and The Venetian in Point Loma is in the process opening Harry's Taco Club - a Mexican food concept expected to unveil in Pacific Beach later this month in a similar vein to sister eatery Mike's Taco Club in Ocean Beach.
It seems trivial to write and report about local restaurant news in a time like this, but this is also the time when small local businesses will most need support. The United States and much of the globe are reeling in response to a global pandemic unprecedented in the modern world. Like most of my fellow humans dealing with Coronavirus hysteria, I do not know what to do or how to proceed. Yet we cannot continue as we have without addressing the elephant in the room. Our way of life has changed dramatically in a short period of time, and we surmise it will continue to become more restrictive as testing increases and precaution measures evolve. What do you want from your local food news blog during such a time? Should we just ignore this and provide a respite from the craziness? Should we remain a light-hearted distraction? Should we report about how local eateries are reacting to the epidemic, who is open, who is closing, who is doing what to adapt in the face of this new world? Should we continue to encourage commerce or opt to promote prepared safety for our readership? Personally, I have no idea what to do. Do you?
In this tumultuous and unprecedented time when hysteria is at its peak due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, San Diego's Bánh Mì Hội An is trying to boost business by tapping into the zeitgeist of the time and offering a 19 cent Corona beer with any entree order.
Located about an hour south of downtown San Diego, Tacos El Yaqui in Rosarito, MX, makes only one kind of taco, but it is our favorite taco in the world. Called a "taco perron", this work of art is made with a fluffy flour tortilla quesadilla, unfolded then filled with marinated wood-fire cooked arrachera (skirt steak) chopped to order in front of you. These Sonoran-style tacos are topped with cooked pinto beans, and if you order it "con todo" as you always should - cilantro, chopped white onion, thin guacamole and salsa are all added. These tacos are then served with a side of roasted jalapeños and radishes. Here is a video showing how to make them at home!
A Chula Vista destination for Mexican comfort foods for the past 5 years, Birrieria y Menuderia Guadalajara will soon open a new location in San Diego's North County.
March 11, 2020
Opening in the 4,200 square foot standalone building in La Jolla that formerly housed Parachute Brunch & Supper Room is MVP Family Restaurant - a scratch-made, sports-themed eatery debuting this spring.
March 10, 2020
After opening their for-charity bakery Matteo just last month, the crew behind San Diego's hit Italian restaurant group Buona Forchetta will unveil its Coronado eatery by next week in the 5,000 square-foot space that formerly housed the historic El Cordova Garage.
March 10, 2020
Splitting the space that last housed Michael's inside Westfield Mission Valley mall are new locations from Los Angeles-based Mendocino Farms and Washington D.C.'s CAVA Mediterranean restaurant.
With more than 1,000 locations around the globe, boba tea brand Happy Lemon is increasing its footprint in San Diego with the launch of its fourth area location set to open this spring within Westfield UTC mall in La Jolla.
After reporting the sudden shuttering of the Little Italy location last week, we have learned that all remaining PrepKitchen restaurants are now closed.
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